Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7055, Jacob Dunham, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Dunham, Jacob Sarah
W. 70 55.
B.L.Wt. 36558-160-55.
CONTENTS

10121 Ohio
Jacob Dunham
of District 6 o in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt commanded by Col Herrod in the V er mont Militia for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and sent to Thos. Riggs M c Vernon Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160.00 Pension allowance ending Sept 4 th 33 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 6
Febry 22 o 1834 this claim entered by Wm M c Cart
The above date not having been entered before — Wm M c Cart Sept 19 th 45

33.673
Apr. 2/55 at 55
Sarah Dunham wid. Jacob Dunham
336558 New
St. Joe's mil.
Barnes at 52 40
Rev. War
Rev. War St. J. mil. Ohio July 48 - 4600
101-160000 May 16/56
* Blyth
Lee Doll. En: in war farm ad. 162 reo July 29/56
Wodge
E. W. Cotton Mount Vernon Ohio
E. W. Cotton Aug 17/55 Ohio
July 48 - no 4600
Vol. D. 159.

460. Miss Elvina Sarah Dunkin widow of Jacob Dunkin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of March and sent to
Wm. H. Miller Mount Vernon Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 339 Vol. 1.

State of Ohio } Knox County } Frederick Dunham and Margaret M. Dunham both of Knox County Ohio, of lawful age being first duly sworn upon as follows, That they are children of Jacob Dunham late of Knox County Ohio Dec d That said Jacob Dunham was for many years a Pensioner of the United States, by reason of Military Services performed in the Revolution. That Sarah Dunham his widow, who is now an Applicant for bounty land under act act of Congress of 3 March 1855, is at this time a Pensioner at the rate of Eighty Dollars per year, for such services, receiving her Pension at the Cincinnati O. Agency, That they know of no person living by whom the services of said Jacob Dunham can be proved, That they have often heard their father relate his services in said war, and so far as common reputation could prove the fact, they know that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war for a considerable time Frederick Dunham Margaret M. Dunham

The state of Ohio } The within named Knox County } Margaret M. Dunham & } Frederick Dunham who signed the within affidavit were by me duly sworn there to according to law and signed the same in my presence, and I certify that I know to be respectable persons and worthy of full belief. I further certify that Sarah Dunham is a pensioner of the United States by reason of the services of her said husband in the revolutionary war, at the rate of eighty dollars per year That her certificate is genuine and bears date at the Department of the Interior the 28 th of March 1849. is signed J. Ewing Secretary of the Interior & countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Given under my hand & official seal at Mount Vernon Ohio This second day of October A D 1855
E. H. Cotton Notary Public, Knox County Ohio

The State of Ohio Knox County ss
I Alexander W. Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that E. W. Cotton Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn to and subscribed was at the time the time thereof and now is an acting Attorney Public within and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn to duty and fully authorized to do such acts and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine
I further certify that Thompson Cooper Esq. was on the first day of March A.D. 1855, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn to such an office as aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Mt. Vernon Ohio this 2nd day of October A.D. 1855.
Alex. W. Elliott, Clerk Knox County Ohio.

No 217. 157.
Millburn Oct 4 88
Dear Sir
I send you the certificate of the official character of Thompson Cooper Esq before whom Mrs Dunkhanz Declaration for bounty land was sworn, and proof of reported service, full proof of Jacob Dunkhanz service as a revolutionary soldier is now file in the Pension Office, the having been a Pensioner, if that proof is not sufficient I apprehend she can not avail herself of the benefit of the law
Please inform me, if the filed proof will be sufficient,
Respectfully E. M. Cotten

The State of Ohio § On this the twenty ninth day of Seneca County ss § October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty five, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Seneca and State of Ohio, Sarah Dunham, a resident of Clinton Township in the County of Seneca and State of Ohio, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Jacob Dunham deceased, who was a private in the Militia of the Revolution and entered the service in seventeen hundred and seventy six; that it is impossible for Affiant to state with greater certainty the time when the said Jacob Dunham entered the service; that he served as a volunteer when he first entered the service and was afterwards draughted, that he left the service when the New Jersey Militia were discharged about the close of the Revolution; that the whole period of his service was about two years; that at the time he entered the service as aforesaid he resided in Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey; that the State of New Jersey was the only part of the Country through which he marched and that this affiant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim for the benefit of the provision of the act aforesaid, except such as may be had from the records of the War department.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Dunham on the twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety, that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Dunham died on the sixth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous

to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz:
at the time before stated. Witness,
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. Said Court of Common Pleas.
Robert Miller Emmet
Sarah her Dunham mark
George Headly Clerk.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit, of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
The State of Ohio ss On this 28 th day of September Know County ss ss A.D. 1832, personally appeared " " " in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Knox, now sitting Jacob Dunham, a resident of Clinton Township in said County of Knox, aged Seventy Four years the 9 th day of October 1831, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th A.D 1832, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, to wit, under the command of Captain Abraham Terhoun, Lieutenant De Hart who commanded a Company of Volunteers , composed of Drafted Militia & Volunteers, said Company was attached to a Brigade composed of Drafted mili- tia & Volunteers, Commanded by Colonel Herod & Major Van Emry - that he entered the service at Woodbridge in the State of New Jersey, in the fall of the year 1775. And marched from thence, with his said Company, through the City of New York, and passed into Long Island, and marched from thence through the Towns of Jerico & Hamstead, to Oyst- erbay in their State of New York, from thence he mar- ched back, with his said Brigade, to Woodbridge in said State of New Jersey, at which place the said Brigade was dismissed from service, about the first of December A.D 1775, making about six Weeks service - Declarant says, that he entered the service of the United States a second time, by being drafted, he thinks in either June or July in the year 1776, at Cranbury, in the State of New Jersey.

and was, attached to the Company commanded by Cap t James Johnston and Lieutenant William Carlisle, said Company was attached to first Regiment, Commanded by Colonel Jacob Hyer, said Regiment was attached to the Brigade Commanded by General David Farnan, then stationed at said Crambury & declarant says that during the time the Brigade was stationed at Crambury, he was frequently engaged in scouting parties, and at this time the British was stationed at Brunswick, New Jersey.
Declarant says that at the expiration of the time that he was drafted for (which was one month) he remained in Cap t Johnston's Company and served one month as a substitute for Samuel Vandike.
Declarant further says, that he served in said Company every other month alternately until peace was proclaimed, chiefly in scouting parties.
Declarant further says that he never got a regular discharge from service - & that there were no regular officers or troops with the Troops where he served. That he lived in Middlesex County, New Jersey when he first entered the service of the United States And that he lived in said County & State when he was drafted into service - And that he was born in said Middlesex County in the year A.D. 1757 that he has a record of his age in his now in his possession. Declarant further says that he has lived in Middlesex County State of New Jersey and in Knox County and State of Ohio, since the Revolutionary War.
It is not in declarant's power to produce any documentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person, now living, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his said services or any part thereof, except the testimony of John

Ackerman whose deposition is herewith transmitted Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed } Jacob Dunham the day and year aforesaid } Wm Elliott Clerk K 16/ps
We Thomas Rigdon a clergyman residing in Knox county and State of Ohio and Samuel Bonar residing in the same county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Dunham who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- ration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Thos Rigdon Samuel Bonar
The State of Ohio } Personally appeared, in open court Knox county ss } before the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, now sitting. John Ackerman, who after being duly sworn, according to Law, deposeth and says, that he is well acqu- ainted with, Jacob Dunham, who has made the within Declaration, and further says, that he knew him as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and served with him in repeated tours of drafted militia, thinks five or six months until about the middle of May A.D. 1778, at which time the deponent enlisted into the regular service of

does not remember, that he was afterwards associated with him in the service, but well recollects that it was admitted at the close of the Revolutionary war, that said Jacob Dunham had been almost a constant soldier in the Drafted & Volunteered Militia until peace was declared, & further this deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed this 29 th day of September A.D. 1832. Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 29 th day of Sep. 1832. J. John Schenck
Alex. Elliott Clk.
The State of Ohio Franklin County ss:
I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Dunham for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerks Office this 10 th day of Oct
A.D. 1832.
Alex. Elliott Clerk

Jacob Dunham
Application
15079

Interrogatories answered by Jacob Dunham an Applicant for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
1 st Where, and in what year were you born
Ans 2 I was born in Middlesex County in the state of New Jersey, in 1757
2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it. Ans 2 I have a record of my age now in my possession
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Ans 2 I have lived in Middlesex County State of New Jersey when called into service, and in Knox County and State of Ohio since the Revolutionary War And I now live in Clinton Township in Union Knox County
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom —
Ans 2 The first time I entered the service as a volunteer. The second time I was drafted And I served as a substitute for Sam l Vandyke
5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served. Such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect. And the general circumstances of your service.
Ans 2 There were no Regular Officers or troops where I served, no continental or Militia Troops, except those stated in my Declaration, And the general circumstances of my service, is set forth in my Declaration,
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from service And if so, by whom was it given, and what

has become of it.
Ans r I never received a regular (a written discharge) from service.
9. th State the names of persons, to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans r Thos Rigdon & Barnabas Bower
Sworn to & subscribed this 28 th day of Sep 1832. Jacob Dunham
Alex r Elliott Ch. K. 6. p.

Act. 3 rd March 1855
33.673
Application of Sarah Duncan, widow of Jacob Duncan Esq. Late of New Jersey Militia
----- Revolutionary War -----
for Bounty Land -----
Look carefully to this page.
E.W. Cotton Mount Vernon O

State of Ohio County of Knox } 3
On this twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1855 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Sarah  Deborah  Dunham aged about eighty five years, a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the 8 th Section of the act of Congress, passed March 3 rd 1855
That she is the widow of Sarah  Deborah  Dunham deceased, late of said Knox County who was a private of the New Jersey Militia in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under act of Congress of the 9 th June 1832; that she is a pensioner of the United States at Cincinnati, Ohio  Agreeing , as his widow at the rate of Eighty dollars per Annum under act of Congress of the 2 nd February 1848. She further declares that she has not again married, but is still a widow
That the Constitutional  W. H. Colton of Mount Union Ohio , her attorney in the premises, and to receive her said Warrant
Attest Thompson Cooper Josiah Boner
Sarah  Deborah  Dunham mark
Sworn to & subscribed, this day and year first above written, before me, and I certify that I know the said Sarah  Deborah  Dunham , and that she is the identical person person who draws the pension above referred to.
Thompson Cooper J. of Peace
At the same time and place personally appeared Josiah Boner and William Allam residents of Knox County Ohio , who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are well acquainted with the present Sarah Dunham , who made & signed the above declaration in their presence, and that she is the identical person who holds a pension certificate at $80. per Annum issued to her under act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848, as widow of Sarah  Deborah  Dunham . They further declare that from their acquaintance with her, they know that she is still a widow, and that they are disinterested witnesses
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day and year first above written, and I certify that
Josiah Boner William Allam
Deponents are respectable & well entitled to credit
Thompson Cooper J. of Peace

Mount Vernon O
March 28, 1855
Dear Sir
Herewith please find the application of Mrs. Sarah Anderson for bounty land under the 6 th Sec. of the act of Aug. 4 th 1855. Not having seen any instructions from the Department I have made up the papers from the best light at hand. Many soldiers of the war of 1812 and the Mexican war, are desirous of drawing bounties of 160 acres. if instructions, & forms, have been issued you will confer a favor if you will send me copy that I may work understandly.
Very Respectfully E. W. Cutler.

August 11, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS Jacob Dunham, W. 7055
Mrs. Columbus Ewalt 400 East High Street Mount Vernon, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 6th, requesting information in regard to Jacob Dunham, Revolutionary War soldier who was buried in Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 7055, based upon the military service of Jacob Dunham.
He was born October 9, 1757, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Middlesex County, New Jersey, he enlisted at Woodbridge in the fall of 1775 in Captain Abraham Terhune's company with the New Jersey troops under Colonel Herrod and was discharged about the first of December, 1775, having served about six weeks. He enlisted in June or July, 1776, and served two months in Captain James Johnston's company in Colonel Jacob Hyer's New Jersey regiment. He served in Captain James Johnston's New Jersey company on tours of one month each, at various times until peace was declared. His entire Revolutionary War service amounted to at least two years as private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio.
Jacob Dunham died July 6, 1838, in Knox County, Ohio.
This soldier married November 28, 1800, Sarah Outcalt, and the marriage was performed by Rev. Peter Wilson, minister of the Baptist Church at Highstown, New Jersey.

As the widow of Jacob Dunham, Sarah was allowed pension on her application executed October 29, 1845, at which time she was living in Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio, and she then stated she was aged seventy-eight years. She was living there in 1849 at which time she stated she was eighty-four years of age and had lived there for over fifteen years and that before that she lived in New Jersey. She was living in Knox County, Ohio, in 1855.
In 1845 their son, J. or I. Dunham, was living in Knox County, Ohio, with post office at Mount Vernon. In 1855 Frederick Dunham and Margaret M. Dunham of Knox County, Ohio, stated they were children of the soldier, Jacob Dunham.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Her death not in A. B.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
7055
Sarah Dunham
Wid.
Jacob Dunham
Pri Rev. War
Act: _____
Feb 2, 48
Index:—Vol. _____
8
, Page _____
198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1936, Aug. 11, hist. to Columbus Ewalt. 74

V.O. 26. 538
E Mrs. Ains

No 13448 Sarah Dunham
Q
Seth J. R. Miller Sept 8 '47 " " Same Oct 4 '47 " " Same Oct 20 '47 " " Clk H. R. Jan 28 / 1848. At. to Hon. J. R. Miller August 25 '48
act 7 July 1838

33673 Act of Mar 3 217. 157. Oct 8. 1855.
Frederick Bunham Margaret M. Bunham children of Jacob Bunham dec'd. Pension in behalf of Sarah Bunham widow of said Jacob Bunham dec.
Revolutionary War.
She has recd. certificate of Pension - 28 th Mch. 1849.
Ohio Secy 48-21600
This case should be consolidated with the widows appl. B. J. G. D.
E. M. Cotton Mount Vernon Ohio.

53. 673 III
Secretary of the Interior Washington D. C.

Mrs. Leavitt
No 217. 457.
FREE
Department of the Interior Bureau Pensions Washington D. C.

Jacob Dunham, Knox Co. O. act 7 June 1832, ff 80 G
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office
October 13. 1848
66 A
Died 6 th July 1838. Paid in full to that time
Nov 13. P

Ohio
10486
Reported
Sarah Dunham
Widow of Jacob Dunham who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 6th July, 1838, of the age of 74 in the State of Ohio. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Warman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Herron in the Revolution for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 6th day of July 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Feb. 1848 and sent to Rev. John H. Miller, Mount Vernon, Ohio. Total amount, $ (Ohio)
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. D. Humphreys Clerk, Book A Vol. 1. Page 38v

Ohio 8413. Cin. D.
Reported
Sarah Dunham widow of Jacob Dunham who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died July, 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Oct. 1848, and sent to Mrs. J. H. Miller Mount Vernon Ohio.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 202

July 5. 1848. Rec d of the Comt. of Pensions the original papers in the case of Jacob Dunham late Pensioner of the U.S. on the Ohio agency under act of 7 June '02 which make one connected package under a single seal -
M c K Miller

Mount Vernon Ohio March 20 th 1849
Sir
Some time in February last I handed you the application of Sarah Dunham widow of Jacob Dunham dec d , for the benefit of the last act passed in behalf of widows of Revolutionary soldiers.
At her request I write to invite your attention to the case.
Very Respectfully
John K. Miller

An answer by the heirs is requested -
Com te of Pensions

House of Reps Feb 4 th 1848
Sir
Will you forward to me by the bearer the papers on file in your office upon which a pension Jacob Sunham of Ohio was placed upon the Pension Roll under the act of 1832. I desire to place them before the Com on Rev Pensions.
Respectfully
Mo K Miller
Col J L Edwards Com te of Pensions.

July 5 th Sarah Dunham Widow of Jacob Dunham of Ohio - praying for the benefit of an act of Congress passed July 7. 1835, granting half pay & pension to certain widows.
January 31. 1848 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
from M c K Miller Ho of Reps. M c K Miller Rev Pension

Pension Office
January 29. 1848
Sir,
Agreeably to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17 th inst. I enclose herewith the original papers, two in numbers, in the case of Sarah Dunham, widow of Jacob Dunham, dec d of Ohio. - Be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of them.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedt Servt.
G. W. Hunsicker Acting Comm r of Pension
Hon. J. J. Campbell, Clerk of the House of Rep s

Mount Vernon Ohio Sept 4 th 1828
Sir
Your favor of the 25 th ult informing me that "before a Certificate can issue to Sarah Dunham, widow of Jacob Dunham dec d , it should be shewn that she is now living" was duly received. Herewith I send you the affidavits of two respectable men, proving the fact, and thereby removing every objection to the issuing of the Certificate in her favor. I have to request of you the favor of acting in this case immediately on the receipt of this, as it has been pending some time, and the necessities of the applicant are urgent.
Very Respectfully, Grote Miller

The State of Ohio Knox County ss. At a court of common pleas held be- fore the Honorable Alexander Harper Esq. President and James M c Gibey Anthony Fanning Thomas Agree Esq s associate Judges of said court Jacob Dunham being first duly sworn doth in open court make his declaration in writing in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. And the court having heard the said Declaration and having interrogated the matter, and having pronounced the sever- al interrogatories prescribed in the Regulations of the war Department are of opinion that the said Jacob Dunham was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in his said Declaration. And the court having also examined the certificate attached to the said Declaration signed by Thomas Rigdon and Bane are satisfied that the same is in due form, that the said Rigdon is a Clergyman resident in the said County of Knox and that said Barnet Bane is a credible per- son and that their statement is entitled to credit. do, therefore order that the clerk certify accordingly.

The State of Ohio Knox County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Knox aforesaid and State of Ohio aforesaid Josiah Bonar and Samuel Rinehart who are persons entitled to credit and who being duly sworn according to law say that they are acquainted with Sarah Dunham widow of Jacob Dunham dec d who was a revolutionary soldier, that she is now living in the township of Clinton in the County and State aforesaid, where she has resided for many years past. They further declare that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of September AD 1848.
Benoni Elliott J.P. Justice of the Peace
Samuel Rinehart
Josiah Bonar

The State of Ohio, Knox County ss:
I Samuel W. Farguhar Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Knox do hereby certify that Benoni Elliott Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the time of taking the same and is now an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified. and full faith & credit should be given to all his acts as such. I further certify that the within signature purport- -ing to be his is true and genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Mount Vernon this 4 th day of September A.D. 1848. Sam t . W. Farguhar Clerk K. C. Ples.

Fred P. Miller.
How J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Nov. 21 st 1878
Inverness Oct 1
9 1/2 M. in

Mount Vernon the Sept 26 th 1848
Sir
Allow me to call your attention to the Case of Sarah Dunham widow of Jacob Dunham dec d a Revolutionary Soldier.
This Case has been pending for some time and you will greatly oblige her by giving it your attention at your earliest convenience. She has been supported for some years by two sons, who purchased a piece of land and made sundry improvements and who are now about to be ejected from the land, their title being defective. She can save the land.

and a home for herself, if she can obtain her pension immediately. Her case being fully made out You will confer a favor on her by taking it up.
Yours Respectfully
Mott Miller

Mount Vernon Ohio Oct 9 th 1847.
Sir,
Your favor of the 4 th inst was duly rec d . You say "It appears from Mrs. Dunham's declaration that her husband (Jacob Dunham) died in 1838 and the fact of his not having asserted a claim during the six years he was living after the passage of the act of 7 th June 1832, &c" I am informed by Mrs. Dunham that her husband did assert a claim immediately after the passage of that act and not only asserted but established it by the necessary proof. The applicant's name is Sarah Dunham not Durham as written in your letter.
Very Respectfully
Hon. J. C. Edwards.
J. E. Miller

Jacob Dunham Storrs C. Ohio
Private Lyman $80.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Dunham, Knox co. Ohio which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes in part V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? affixed

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No - not commuted as required, and seal of clerk not affixed to the interrogatories
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

No 13498 Sarah Dunham widow of Jacob Q
Act 7 July 1838 Married 1790
Mrs. Miller 14. of Rpts

Mercer County, State of New Jersey } ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County Delilah Wilson who on her oath saith that the Rev d Peter Wilson late Minister of the Baptist Church at Hightstown New Jersey left among his papers a record of Marriages among which the following occurs to wit,
Nov 28. 1790 Married Jacob Dunham to Sarah Cutcalt
Sworn and subscribed this 28 th Day of Oct. 1845 before me
Israel Pearce J.P.
Delilah Wilson
I certify that the above named Deponent is a creditable person
Israel Pearce Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey
Mercer County ss. I Ralph H Shreve Clerk of the County of Mercer in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that Israel Pearce the person before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of the taking thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer duly commissioned and sworn and to all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 31 st day of October A.D. 1845 Ralph H Shreve Clerk

Middlesex County State of New Jersey
Personally appeared before the Subscriber A Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Sarah Stutts Who being duly Sworn on her Oath Saith that She Was Present when Sarah Cutcalt Now Dunham was Married to Jacob Dunham that Said Marriage was Solemnised by the Rev. Peter Willson of Highstown New Jersey on the twenty eighth day of November 1790. or with in A day or two of that time this deponent further Saith that She cannot be mistaken as to the time when Said Marriage was Solemnised for this deponent was Married Between two or four Weeks After the Said Sarah Cutcalt this deponent further Saith that the following is A true copy of the family record of her Marriage to wit
Sarah Dunham born September 21 st 1766
Married December 23 rd 1790
Sworn and Subscribed this thirteenth day of October 1845 before John S. Cruser. J. P. Sarah Stutts
I certify that the Above Named Sarah Stutts is a Credible Person and that the Copy of the Record Above Specified is correct John S. Cruser. J. P.

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County } I Nicholas Voorhies Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that John Green Goguen before whom the within affidavit of Sarah Stites was taken was at the time of the taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Middlesex duly Commissioned and sworn and that his signature to the Seal of said affidavit hereto attached thereunto is Genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at New Brunswick this first day of November AD 1845
N Voorhies

The state of Ohio Knox County ss.
On this 21 st day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County aforesaid, Sarah Durham, a resident of Clinton Township, in said County, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844, entitled "Acts granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" and the Act "making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution," approved February 2, 1848: That she is the widow of Jacob Durham who was a private, and died on the sixth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, the Certificate of which was placed on file in the Pension Office on a former application by this deponent: She further declares that she now resides in said Clinton Township, Knox County, aforesaid, and has resided there for the space of fifteen years last past; That previous to her coming to said County to reside, she resided in the State of New Jersey; That she is the widow of said Jacob Durham and is unmarrried.
Sarah her  X Durham mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year first above written.
Jacob B. Brown

The state of Ohio, Knox County, ss. §
I Jacob B. Brown, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence that said Sarah Durham who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that she was unable from her extreme age and bodily infirmity to appear in Open Court.
Given under my hand at Knox County, Ohio, this twenty-first day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
Jacob B. Brown Associate Judge Knox County
The State of Ohio Knox County §
I Samuel M. Hays, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County do hereby certify that Jacob B. Brown is an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such & that his signature to the foregoing instrument is true and genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Mt Vernon Ohio this 21 day of February A.D. 1849.
S. M. Hays Clerk P.C.C.P.

Mount Vernon Ohio September 12 th 1845
Sir
The Commissioner of Pensions Sir
The widow of Jacob Dunham deceased desires to present an application for a pension under the act "granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" approved July 7 th 1838 and the acts amendatory thereto.
In order to do this I am informed that she must among other things make proof as to the service of her late husband. Will you please forward to me what proofs are on record in the War department establishing the service of her late husband Jacob Dunham. He was a pensioner and I suppose the same proof was required of him and is now to be found on the records of the department.
Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt J. Dunham.
P.S. The application of my father for a pension was made about the year 1833 I think. He resided in this state (Ohio) at the time, but when he entered the service he resided in New Jersey. J. Dunham.

The State of Ohio } Personally appeared before Knox County } me, the undersigned, a Jus- tice of the Peace of said
county Jacob Dunham who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, in reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, in the follow- ing grades; For two years I served as a privet in the militia; and for such service I claim a pension
Jacob Dunham
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of April 1833
W. Clarke V. L.
The State of Ohio } Knox County } - - - - -
I Alexander Elliott, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that J. M. Hildreth Esq. before whom the above affi- -davit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, and yet is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly Commissioned & sworn, & full faith and credit is due to
all his official acts as such as well in courts of Justice as otherwise. And I further certify that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerk's office in Mount Vernon this 4 th day of April 1833.
Alex. Elliott Clerk K. G. P. 10

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No 13448
Sarah Dunham wid of Jacob
Q
Act 7 July 1838
Mumid 1790
Husband died 6 July '38
Adm Ryan, Jr
$80 00 per m
Im 11 July, 1838 to 4 March 1841
Adm acts March 1843
and 17 June 44
$80 00 per m
Im 4 March 1843
Hon John K Miller
Mount Vernon
Ohio

134488 Aug 25 47 Sarah (Parker) Edwards wid of Jacob Q 1838
JL
Col P. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Mount Vernon Ohio Sept 16 th 1847
Sir Enclosed are the papers connected upon which Sarah Dunn has a resident of this place, asks the benefit of the act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows.
Please advise me of the receipt of the papers and whether any additional evidence will be required
Respectfully Yours John K. Miller
Col J. L. Edwards. Washington City.

Mount Vernon Ohio Sept 13 th 1847
Sir,
I herewith return to you the declaration of Sarah Dunham with the seal of the Court attached as directed.
The declaration sets forth the service of the claimant's husband as fully as the claimant is enabled to do it.
The claimant's husband having been once established his service by proof satisfactory, was placed upon the pension list and continued to draw his pension until his decease. By reference to the files, this testimony will be supplied. You will observe in the applicant's declaration a reference to the records of the department. The in all evidence obtained by her husband upon his application for a pension and now on file in the department, is perhaps the only evidence to which this claimant can resort to establish his services.
Very Respectfully
John H. Miller
Col J. L. Edwards. Washington City.

30 th Congress. 1 st Session.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.
January 1848.
Resolved, That the Com te of Pensions be requested to deliver to the Clerk of this House, the papers on file in his office, relating to the application of Sarah Dunham for a pension, and that they be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
Attest
Thos. J. Campbell Clerk.

July 6th, 1936.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
I have located the grave of Jacob Dunham , a Revolutionary Soldier, who is buried on his farm in Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio; I have one reference which says that he was pensioned in 1833, also another reference that he was pensioned in 1835.
Will you please send me all the information that you have about this soldier who was buried in Knox County, Ohio, as I wish to place a Marker on his grave?
Thanking you in advance for this information, I remain,
Very Truly Yours,
[Mrs. Columbus] Emma Blair Ewalt Chairman on Marking Historic Spots & Graves of Rev. Soldiers buried in Knox Co. O. Kokosing Club. Ter. D. A. R.